City Directories and History: Thomas Salmond constructed several home on the Kershaw Grant property. Among these was this lovely old
mansion which was razed in 1959 to make way for a new subdivision. It was at one time used as the annex to the Hobkirk Inn around 1890, when it was owned by F.W. Elredge, the manager of the Inn. Named to honor Mrs. Eldredge’s affectionate nickname, “Goodie Castle” was later for many years also owned by the Bassett family.
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“In 1882 E. W. Eldredge, manager of Haile Gold Mine, acquired Pine Flat on upper Lyttleton Street, home of the late duel victim William M. Shannon, and converted it into Camdens first major tourist hotel, the Hobkirk Inn. Eldredge’s venture, begun as a way to house visiting gold mine executives and visitors, was quite successful. Connections to Camden by way of the Three C’s Railroad made the location convenient for his original purpose. In 1884, with expansion plans in mind, Eldredge purchased another Kirkwood-area home, this one a short distance north on Lyttleton Street, from Mrs. Callie J. Perkins. Using his wife’s nickname “Goodie,” Eldredge dubbed this second house Goodie Castle. He operated it and Hobkirk Inn until he died in 1912.” (Information courtesy of A History of Kershaw County, S.C. by Joan A. Inabinet and L. Glenn Inabinet, 2001 – The Un. of S.C. Press)
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Vicky Ross says
Awesome! Was Bassett Park (the Carroll Bassett estate) nearby? Was BP also torn down in 1959 when the subdivision was built? As you probably know, Carroll P. Bassett and his wife owned Goodie Castle in the 1920s-30s.